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briancurtin

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can only get 800x600...

i just updated the new kernel, then dropped out of X and updated nvidia, then restarted. everything starts up fine, but when i go into GNOME with XGL from GDM, im only getting 800x600 resolution. it looks fine, but its only in the top left quarter of my screen. i am currently logged into plain old GNOME on the same machine and it comes in just right, 1440x900.

i havent made any changes to xorg.conf (which you can check out below), nor have i ever had this problem. in my GNOME/XGL desktop i figured it was worth a shot to go to Desktop > Preferences > Screen Resolution just to see whats up and 800x600 is the only option. not sure why that is.

any ideas?

xorg.conf:

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
    ModulePath    "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    RgbPath     "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
        # paths to defoma fonts
    FontPath    "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
    FontPath    "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection

Section "Module"
#    Load    "GLcore"
    Load    "i2c"
    Load    "bitmap"
    Load    "ddc"
#    Load    "dri"
    Load    "extmod"
    Load    "freetype"
    Load    "glx"
    Load    "int10"
    Load    "type1"
    Load    "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Generic Keyboard"
    Driver        "kbd"
    Option        "CoreKeyboard"
    Option        "XkbRules"    "xorg"
    Option        "XkbModel"    "pc104"
    Option        "XkbLayout"    "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Configured Mouse"
    Driver        "mouse"
    Option        "CorePointer"
    Option        "Device"        "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "Protocol"        "ImPS/2"
    Option        "Emulate3Buttons"    "true"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping"        "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Synaptics Touchpad"
    Driver        "synaptics"
    Option        "SendCoreEvents"    "true"
    Option        "Device"        "/dev/psaux"
    Option        "Protocol"        "auto-dev"
    Option        "HorizScrollDelta"    "0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "NVIDIA Corporation NV31M [GeForce FX Go 5600]"
#    Driver        "nv"
    Driver        "nvidia"
    BusID        "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "Generic Monitor"
    Option        "DPMS"
    HorizSync    30-64
    VertRefresh     50-100    
    #HorizSync    28-72
    #VertRefresh    43-60
    #1440x900 @ 75 Hz hsync: 35.56  -used hsync in modeline generator of 30-64, vert:50-100
    Modeline "1440x900@75i" 61.74 1440 1472 1704 1736 900 920 927 947 interlace
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "Default Screen"
    Device        "NVIDIA Corporation NV31M [GeForce FX Go 5600]"
    Monitor        "Generic Monitor"
     DefaultDepth    24
    #DefaultDepth needs to be 24 for XGL to run correctly.    
    #DefaultDepth    16
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth        1
        Modes        "1440x900"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth        4
        Modes        "1440x900"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth        8
        Modes        "1440x900"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth        15
        Modes        "1440x900"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth        16
        Modes        "1440x900"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth        24
        Modes        "1440x900"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier    "Default Layout"
    Screen        "Default Screen"
    InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
    InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
    InputDevice    "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection

#Section "DRI"
#    Mode    0666
#EndSection

stonecrest

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Registered: 2005-01-22

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Re: can only get 800x600...

Anything interesting in your /var/log/Xorg.0.log?

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briancurtin

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Re: can only get 800x600...

ive never looked at this logfile before, so i wasnt exactly sure where to look for things that might be interesting to so i just browsed it all. one thing that caught my eye was this little piece:

(II) NVIDIA(0): Generic Monitor: Using hsync range of 29.00-55.00 kHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Generic Monitor: Using vrefresh range of 0.00-60.00 Hz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Clock range:  12.00 to 280.80 MHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode "1440x900@75i" (vrefresh out of range)

im using the hsync and vrefresh taken out of the HP service manual for my laptop and it has worked perfectly previously in FC4, ubuntu, and Arch for the last few months. now its claiming the vrefresh is out of range from what i can see and its not wanting to use my 1440x900 setting.

the log goes on for quite a while with a bunch of combinations and saying the vrefresh and hsyncs are out of range. i really have no idea what to make from it, but here is the full text of the Xorg.0.log copied right after i logged into GNOME with XGL support: http://www.briancurtin.com/images/Xorg.0.log.txt

thanks for any help you can provide

briancurtin

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From: Chicago, IL

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Re: can only get 800x600...

is there any reason why it would claim my vertical refresh is all of a sudden out of range? im probably overlooking something but i didnt catch anything else

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 13,074

Re: can only get 800x600...

Frequency information for DFP-0:
(II) NVIDIA(0):   HorizSync   : 29.000-55.000 kHz
(II) NVIDIA(0):   VertRefresh : 0.000-60.000 Hz
(II) NVIDIA(0):      (HorizSync from EDID)
(II) NVIDIA(0):      (VertRefresh from EDID)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Adding EDID-provided mode "1440x900" for DFP-0.
(II) NVIDIA(0): Generic Monitor: Using hsync range of 29.00-55.00 kHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Generic Monitor: Using vrefresh range of 0.00-60.00 Hz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Clock range:  12.00 to 280.80 MHz

It appears X uses the EDID information instead of the values you give.
One of the modes thatX does detect is

(**) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes for display device DFP-0:
(**) NVIDIA(0):      Mode "1440x900": 96.3 MHz, 54.7 kHz, 60.0 

Comment the Modeline in the Monitor section and X should be able to use that mode.

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briancurtin

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From: Chicago, IL

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Re: can only get 800x600...

no luck there. i took the modeline out and im still getting the same problem, but no problem in non-XGL'ed GNOME.

briancurtin

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Re: can only get 800x600...

any other ideas? id hate to give up on XGL after my great experience with it over the last few weeks. ive tinkered with a bunch of things and still havent had any luck.

briancurtin

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Re: can only get 800x600...

sorry to bring this up again, but i just tried to login using gnome/xgl for the first time in a while and it still only shows up as 800x600. i upgraded one day and that became the problem, and theres still no way to get out of that as far as i know

ScriptDevil

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Registered: 2006-04-06

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Re: can only get 800x600...

do an xorgconfig -textmode and change your resolution. w=hich i think is the last adjustment

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Bysshe

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Re: can only get 800x600...

could there be something wrong with /etc/hosts loopback device as seen in the GNOME section of the wiki, and XGL just manages to exascerbate the problem?

briancurtin

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From: Chicago, IL

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Re: can only get 800x600...

do an xorgconfig -textmode and change your resolution. w=hich i think is the last adjustment

my resolution is already set just fine though. i get proper resolution in everything else (XFCE, non-XGL GNOME, etc) -- but not GNOME with XGL

my /etc/hosts file looks fine to me, but here it is for the record.

#
# /etc/hosts: static lookup table for host names
#

#<ip>   <hostname>   <hostname>
127.0.0.1               localhost.localdomain   localhost laptop

# End of file